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Re: ReactOS
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Sadly, Alex Ionescu (the developer you mentioned) dropped the tinykrnl project when he left for MS. It was a completely source-compatible, reverse-engineered reimplementation of the NT kernel, which had a lot of promise for everything from education to security research. But in going to MS, he killed the project and the few other developers (including myself, although I did very little) all went in different directions.
That's one of the projects I most regret seeing die. One day when I actually have free time, maybe I'll start it back up. Amazingly, it was very simple to work on, there's just a lot to do; anyone with a basic knowledge of x86 assembly and how `cl' works could jump into it fairly easily, since it was hand-decompiled line for line from the existing source, then commented from there. There were no problems to solve (a good or bad thing, depending on your perspective), since it was directly taken from the existing kernel and drivers.
Re: ReactOS
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
You Sir, are a disgrace to the entire healthcare community. Hope you never manage to take the Hippocratic Oath as you will be breaking it at every chance you get. Enjoy your career as scumbag-of-a-doctor. Yes, that is my opinion alone, but I do hold it strongly.
I don't know what the guy you replied to was going on about with respect to Microsoft, but...seriously? He's a scumbag because he doesn't want to work for free? Do you perform your profession for free?
I do, on occasions. I have, for example, helped a small local museum with their website for free. I've also helped a couple of volunteer groups with setting up computers. And, if in the future, a group I feel is worthy of help, but cannot afford to pay me, asks me to do something which I have the time and skills to handle I'll probably give then a hand.
Re: ReactOS
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
You Sir, are a disgrace to the entire healthcare community. Hope you never manage to take the Hippocratic Oath as you will be breaking it at every chance you get. Enjoy your career as scumbag-of-a-doctor. Yes, that is my opinion alone, but I do hold it strongly.
I don't know what the guy you replied to was going on about with respect to Microsoft, but...seriously? He's a scumbag because he doesn't want to work for free? Do you perform your profession for free?
Médecins Sans Frontières. fwiw: working as a professional (in any field) does not make you a scumbag. but justifying personal material gain by belittling professionals who volunteer their time and skill for free, is obnoxious at best and the very scum of this earth at worst.
Re: ReactOS
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know what the guy you replied to was going on about with respect to Microsoft, but...seriously? He's a scumbag because he doesn't want to work for free? Do you perform your profession for free?
I do, on occasions. I have, for example, helped a small local museum with their website for free. I've also helped a couple of volunteer groups with setting up computers. And, if in the future, a group I feel is worthy of help, but cannot afford to pay me, asks me to do something which I have the time and skills to handle I'll probably give then a hand.
The difference between our profession and the medical profession however is that, unlike ours, software development, whose skills can be acquired at basically no significant cash cost (other than a cheap desktop PC), many doctors have to begin their careers with tens of thousands of dollars in debt, assuming they could afford it at all even with loans. I don't think we should begrudge medical folks for wanting to be paid, and paid well, as long as that is not the only thing they are in it for.
Re: ReactOS
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Add this to the list of things you're "sure" about, but shouldn't be. Nowhere in the EULA for Microsoft Office (their most profitable product) do I find text requiring you to run it on Microsoft Windows. I read it top-to-bottom, then searched for "Windows" (which never occurs) and then "operating system" (which occurs only to warn you that they use your operating system to get to the Internet).
You are right about Office 2007 (the one license I found), but you are wrong about Internet Explorer. It's license states clearly you can only use IE if you have a license for Windows XP, Vista, Server 2003 or 2008 (the IE8 on my wife's corporate notebook has a Brazilian license that doesn't mention Windows 7)
I see very biased moderation when it comes to mentioning Microsoft under anything but the most favorable light. Do they pay for this?
Re: ReactOS
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I do, on occasions. I have, for example, helped a small local museum with their website for free. I've also helped a couple of volunteer groups with setting up computers. And, if in the future, a group I feel is worthy of help, but cannot afford to pay me, asks me to do something which I have the time and skills to handle I'll probably give then a hand.
The difference between our profession and the medical profession however is that, unlike ours, software development, whose skills can be acquired at basically no significant cash cost (other than a cheap desktop PC), many doctors have to begin their careers with tens of thousands of dollars in debt, assuming they could afford it at all even with loans. I don't think we should begrudge medical folks for wanting to be…
What is the difference between the medical profession and the legal services profession? It is just as pricey to become a lawyer. Yet even lawyers have the concept of "pro bono".
Re: ReactOS
#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't know what the guy you replied to was going on about with respect to Microsoft, but...seriously? He's a scumbag because he doesn't want to work for free? Do you perform your profession for free?
I do, on occasions. I have, for example, helped a small local museum with their website for free. I've also helped a couple of volunteer groups with setting up computers. And, if in the future, a group I feel is worthy of help, but cannot afford to pay me, asks me to do something which I have the time and skills to handle I'll probably give then a hand.
What makes you think doctors don't work pro bono at times? Both my parents are physicians and I know they sometimes volunteer their medical services for no cost. Even hospitals sometimes volunteer resources but physical goods aren't free or cheap.
Re: ReactOS
#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I don't think there are any legal issues here Just imagine how many patents Microsoft will be compelled to use against this project if it ever becomes a perceived threat. I am sure all MS's EULAs prohibit you from running Microsoft software on anything other than Windows.
Add this to the list of things you're "sure" about, but shouldn't be. Nowhere in the EULA for Microsoft Office (their most profitable product) do I find text requiring you to run it on Microsoft Windows. I read it top-to-bottom, then searched for "Windows" (which never occurs) and then "operating system" (which occurs only to warn you that they use your operating system to get to the Internet).
This is correct on the face of it. However, some of the terms, though vague, effectively prohibit running Office under Wine, etc. The following phrase occurs in the Office 2007 EULA: "...In doing so, you must comply with any technical limitations in the software that only allow you to use it in certain ways." The phrase "...technical limitations..." is present four times in total; particularly combined with some of the license verification verbage certainly could be used in legal arguments as rbanffy suggested
Re: ReactOS
#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
The difference between our profession and the medical profession however is that, unlike ours, software development, whose skills can be acquired at basically no significant cash cost (other than a cheap desktop PC), many doctors have to begin their careers with tens of thousands of dollars in debt, assuming they could afford it at all even with loans. I don't think we should begrudge medical folks for wanting to be…
What is the difference between the medical profession and the legal services profession? It is just as pricey to become a lawyer. Yet even lawyers have the concept of "pro bono".
True. Perhaps it's because medical school is harder than law school. Or perhaps because if a doctor gives free medical advice, and something goes wrong, someone could die and he get sued. If a lawyer gives bad advice, the typical downside is not as bad, plus, a lawyer is less afraid of getting sued since he can defend it against better, cheaper, more efficiently. Just brainstorming aloud.